Different Strokes For Different Folks? Parenting Styles And Child Outcome

“All children, at the core of their beings, need to be attached to someone who considers them to be very special and who is committed to providing for their ongoing care.” In this very first sentence Daniel Hughes expresses the importance of attachment in children in order for them to live rich and fulfilling lives. He outlines the issues surrounding the poorly attached child (particularly foster and adopted children) and shows how it is possible, using specific therapeutic interventions, to help them to “heal and grow”.

When a person becomes a parent, their role in life undoubtedly changes. The person must become a teacher, a guide, and a helping hand in the life of the child. Research has shown that there is a distinct connection between how a child is raised and their overall developmental outcome. John Bowlby’s attachment theory emphasizes the importance of the regular and sustained contact between the parent-infant or parent-child relationship (Travis & Waul 2003). Yet, what happens when the only physical contact a child can share with their parent is a hand pressed on the shield of glass that separates the two? What happens when the last memory of their mother or father was from the corner of their own living room as they watched their parent

Bowlby’s attachment theory, as well as Erikson’s psychosocial theory, indicates that a child’s overall development is dependent on the care that they receive from their caregiver, more specifically their mother. Meeting the needs of the child and providing a

Psychoanalyst, John Bowlby in the mid 19th hundreds, investigated attachment theory. Over the years, we have enhanced our understanding on how children attach to their primary caregiver earlier in life. Supported by attachment theory, infants have a window for the development of attachment to the primary caregiver, which, usually happens during the first months of life (Hardy, 2007). Given that Alexander’s parents’ left when he was only 3 months and was raised by his grandparents, it is no surprise that when he reunited with his parents, they felt like complete strangers to him, because they were not the ones meeting his needs early in life.

Explain the specific impact parenting styles have on two issues related to child development. Examples include: obesity, resiliency, social-deviance, self-esteem, school performance, cognitive flexibility, and emotional intelligence.

Growing up, I have had to babysit many children and each child has grown up with a different set of rules and parenting styles were always different. So I had to adapt to each home a little differently. However, I am sure that the parents came into parenting not having much knowledge about how they were going to teach their kids right from wrong, how they were going to punish their children when they got to that age of punishment, how they were going to teach their child good morals, and etc., but I do know all parents have at least a little diversity in their style of parenting. Many psychologists have looked into different parenting styles and have focused on several differing terms such as parental control, parental responsiveness, and parental

Webster’s dictionary defines parenting as the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood. As someone who parented four biological children, and earned the title of grandma, I can offer a lot of personal insight into the subject of parenting, and my first pearl of wisdom is that parenting is harder than one would think. Children do not come with an operation manual and it usually only takes new parents only a few days before they realize how blissfully delusional they were. Naturally, well meaning parents who understand the implications of their influence on shaping their child into happy, healthy, and successful adults, are naturally humbled with the awesome responsibility, and seek to develop a parenting strategy with positive empirical results.

“The relationship between mothers and infants is critical for child development. For whatever reason, in some cases, that relationship doesn’t develop normally. Neglect and abuse can result, with devastating effects on a child’s development” (Strathearn, 2008)

We will evaluate our group in the beginning to see how much they know and understand about

O’Byrne, Haddock, Poston, and Mid America Heart Institute (2002) investigated whether parenting style was a risk factor of smoking initiation and experimentation among adolescents and whether there was a relationship between parenting style and readiness to quit, and nicotine dependence among smokers. O’Byrne et al. (2002) defined current smokers as those who smoke regularly, experimenters as individuals who have smoked on one or two occasions, but have not smoked in the past month. Initiated smokers were considered both current smokers and individuals who smoked regularly in the past and then quit. Readiness to quit was categorized into four stages: precontemplation, for those who had no intent on quitting, contemplation, for those who may quit but not within the next 6 months, preparation, for those who will quit within the next 6 months and action, for those who will quit next month. Parenting style was measure by the Family of Origin Scale (FOS) which measured family intimacy and autonomy. This scale

The parenting style during my childhood was secure, as I was able to explore, showed interest in others when with my mother and was distressed when she left (Sigelman et al 2015, p.121). Being a single mother, my mothers parenting style was permissive (Sigelman et al 2015, p.129), she was responsive to my needs, and constantly sensitive to my whereabouts. Siegelman et al (Sigelman et al 2015, p.123) describes the possibility of marital difficulties may make it difficult to create an environment in which a child can securely attach to the primary

Because of the love and affection they receive, they learn to rely on the caregiver (mother) and to trust her. As they grow they learn by watching and imitating her, as well as by getting instructions and guidance from her. When they manage to do something, their learning is reinforced by her praise and approval. This is a normal scenario. This is the ideal environment for a child to develop his potential to the maximum. Moreover, studies have shown that infants who are abandoned and separated from their mothers become unhappy and depressed, sometimes to the point of panic. After long periods of separation and isolation, they show symptoms of apathy and withdrawal or restlessness, hyperactivity, inability to concentrate, and craving for affection.”

For quite some time now, the question on how to correctly raise children has been debated intensely. The two most popular parenting styles are extremely opposite, so controversy is bound to rise. These two styles are known as “Western” and “Chinese”, and each one has significant supports saying their respective style is superior. The Chinese style is seen as a no nonsense approach and has even been dubbed the “tiger” style due to its strict and harsh nature. On the other hand, the Western style offers a free-flowing environment where parents are more relaxed with the handling of their children. Both parenting styles are distinct and share extremely opposing views. Amy Chua is a significant supporter for the chinese parenting style as she has even wrote a book titled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother along with an article named “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”. Chua has experience with the chinese parenting style as she was raised by it and now she is raising her own children through it. One opposer of Amy Chua is Hannah Rosin, an editor for the Atlantic and the standard for western parenting style. Rosin writes an article named “Mother Inferior”, which is a response to Chua’s work. Although Amy Chua’s parenting style may seem to provide better results for the parents, Hanna Rosin parenting style is more beneficial for all parties involved for a couple of reasons. One being the fact that children often struggle handling pressure at such a young age. The other is the belief

When it comes to exploring the relationship between parenting and childhood outcome there are a lot of undetermined answers but a lot of my subjects agreed on the same things. When I asked my subjects how masculine a boy is they all said it is dependent on the outside environment. This means my subjects believe that the outcome of how masculine or feminine a boy is depends heavily on whom he surrounds himself with. Although parenting style highly contributes to a child’s well being, when a child is at school whoever he or she decides to surround itself with will have a huge impact on the outcome of your child. I then asked my subjects what they believed sexual preference was mostly dependent on. My grandmother believes sexual preference roots from the outside environment. This sense of blame on someone other than a parent is what makes me believe my grandmother is very conservative when it comes to sexual preference. Another two of my respondents said that sexual preference comes from the child’s friends. These two respondents were my Aunt Debby and Uncle Eric. Both who throughout this entire interviewing process have showed some of the most conservative, exclusionist views. When it came to my mom she believed its Gods will and when a persons sexual preference goes against the societal “norm” there is no way of avoiding it and no finger to point. My last respondent was my Aunt Penny who has very strong democratic views and is one of my most inclusive interviewees. She

A famous journalist, B.C. Forbes, said: "It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn." It is the dream of every caretaker to raise offspring who are socially and emotionally adept. However, as with every accomplishment in life, results depend on the labor and investment instilled in the goal. Thus, the onset of raising children should begin from the first moments of life. Since the attachment stage in the infant and toddler years may greatly impact their future socioemotional stability, one should invest much effort to lay a concrete foundation for those imperative milestones.